Grammar
Hvilke af verbets tider mangler:
Perfektum, præsens, pluskvamperfektum, præteritum
Futurum
What is the shortest, oldest, and most commonly used word in English?
I
Riddle! You see a boat filled with people, yet there is not a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
London is the capital of England. However, yet another country has a country with the same name. Which country?
London, Ontario Canada.
Who wrote the speech, I Have a Dream?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Hvordan skal 'ought to' skrives i præteritum?
Ought to. Den forbliver i samme form.
Color - Colour
Both of these words are spelled correctly. What is the difference between them?
Color= American
Colour= British
Fact! Name the number of states the US has.
50
Who wrote the Gettysburg Adress?
Abraham Lincoln
In 1870, a carpenter immigrated from Ribe, Denmark to America. He became famous based on his book and art echibition How the Other Half Lives. His book started a debate about poverty, slum and the socially deprived in America. What was his name?
Jakob A. Riis (1849-1914)
Nævn hvilken ordklasse nedstående ord tilhører:
For, at, over, beside, by.
Præpositioner/forholdsord
Which book is the most widely translated book? (Avaliable in 2.454 different languages)
The Bible
Riddle! I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person cannot hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
When did America write the Declaration of Independence?
1776
Which of the six basic values of the American dream is missing?
Self reliant, individual freedom, hard work, , material wealth, equality of opportunity
Competition!
Hvilken tid står nedstående verballed i?
Nathalie was cooking when her girlfriend came home.
Udvidet præteritum
What is a polyglot?
A person who speaks many languages.
Fact! In which year did the United Kingdom vote for brexit?
2016
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor. Above all, he introduced thousands of words and phrases into the English language. He especially wrote poems within a specfici genres (in fact 154)
What is the 'genre' called?
A Sonnet
What do Americans celebrate on the 4th of July?
Independence Day!
Gradbøj adjektivet 'interesting' i superlativ:
Most interesting.
The most common noun in the English Language is ‘time’, and the most mispronounced (and often misspelt) word in the English language is ‘Pronunciation’.
What is the most used adjective in the English language?
Good
Riddle! There is a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There are none—it´is a one-story house.
A political protest occurred on December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.
What is this protest called?
The Boston Tea Party
The United States experienced major waves of immigration during the colonial era, the first part of the 19th century and from the 1880s to 1920. Because of the vast riches in North America, the American dream came true for many immigrants.
In order to describe this development in life conditions; the Americans came up with a slogan:
Going from rags to riches.